Mary Berry in Tuileries Palace, Paris - 5 April, 1802, in the afternoon
from Diary of Mary Berry, 5 April 1802, pages 179–181:
At last I have seen this famous parade, which all the Parisians have been talking of for a month past. I was not disappointed in it, because my great object was to see Buonaparte, and I knew beforehand how little one could possibly see of him upon such an occasion […]We were conducted by our friend the tailor to a window in the entresol of the Tuileries looking into the Court, the best situation possible, as it is above the lines of infantry and not much above the level of a man on horseback. There were several people at… more >>
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 5 April 1802. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 2 (London, 1865), p. 179–181. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541696844878 accessed: 1 December, 2024
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hide composersmilitary music at a parade of the troops | performed by military band |
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Date/Time | 5 April, 1802, in the afternoon |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |